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Archive of entries posted on October 2006

The Farmer and the Donkey

An amusing flash video: The Farmer and the Donkey. It has sound, which is kind of loud.
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Vote Democratic in Two Weeks

I rarely get political here, but the Republicans in my home county make me sick. I have a clear notice on the front of my home that I don’t want junk stuck to my door. So what do the Republicans do? They stick two sets of brochures under my doormat. If they can’t follow my [...]

Strontium

is Sr. Why isn’t Strontium St? Those crazy physicists.

Telemarketing Call from Morton Penni Mortgages

I just received a blatant pre-recorded telemarketing call to my home phone number from a mortgage company in Pennsylvania. Caller ID told me it was from the phone number 215-364-9789, identified as Morton Penni. A Google search shows their information as Morton Penni Mortgages; address as 2 Bustleton Pike; Feasterville Trevose, PA 19053-6343; and their [...]

Re: What’s the mission of the law reviews?

Susan Crawford shares an interesting story about a talk about the value of making law review articles available to a wider audience, mainly via the web.
“But I’m not sure that the current system of innumerable student-reviewed law journals is sustainable.”
Why not? I’m not a lawyer, so maybe I’m not understanding the law review system. But [...]

300,000,000

The United States’ population is going to hit 300 million people sometime on October 17, 2006. Watch the excitement at U.S. POPClock Projection.

The Best 2006 Halloween Costume

If I were attending a costume party this Halloween season, here is what I’d go as: Mark Foley’s Little Black Book. Why? Because it would be full of pages. Buh dah bum.

The Time of Your Life

Have I mentioned I’m in my first community theatre play this month? Tons of info at http://www.showbizradio.net/toyl/.

Netflix Update through September 2006

Sorry about not getting an update out for August. But I’ve updated the charts with August and September numbers. Netflix is doing well with its turnaround time, although a few of the TV shows we had in our queue were shipped from across the country, which added 1 to 3 days to the delivery time. [...]